Addie Sue Riley

1931 - 2016  (84 years)

• Name	Addie Sue Riley
  Birth	23 Dec 1931	Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Jul 2016	Monticello, Drew Co, Arkansas, USA
  Obituary	16 Jul 2016	Stepenson-Dearman Funeral Home Inc, Monicello, Drew Co, Arkansas, USA
  	Sue Riley Cockrell, age 84 of Monticello, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016 at her home. She was born December 23, 1931 in the Promise Land Community in Ashley County to the late Radford Riley and Edna Belle Higginbotham Riley. She was the widow of her husband of 62 years, Olen Cockrell, co-owner of Cockrell’s Shoes and The Shoeshed, was a secretary for Attorney Adrian Williamson for a decade and was a member of Pauline Missionary Baptist Church. Sue was an honor graduate of Hamburg High School, Class of 1949 and served as President. In addition to playing on its winning basketball team, she was also a cheerleader, homecoming Queen and recipient of the State DAR Good Citizen Award. She furthered her education for one year at King’s Daughters Nursing School in Greenville, MS, where she met Olen. Upon being married on June 15, 1950, she moved to Monticello. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Suzanne Cockrell Hamblen, four sisters and their husbands, Louise (Guy) Wallace, Virginia (Floyd) Scott, Alice (Donald) Collins and Muriel and husbands James Duke and Earl Benson. Survivors include two daughters, Jane Jo Summerford and husband Wayne of Greenbrier and Sarah Martin and husband John of Monticello; son-in law David Hamblen of Russellville; four grandsons, Nathan Hamblen of Bella Vista and Dr. Josh Hamblen and wife Jessica of Hixson, TN, Tyler Martin of Monticello and Casey Bone of Little Rock; two granddaughters, Lauren Stutts and husband Daniel of Spokane, WA and Lana Martin of Monroe, LA; five great-grandchildren, Gracen and Madden Stutts of Spokane, WA and David, Lillian and Ella Hamblen of Hixson, TN.
  Burial	Oakland Cemetery, Drew Co, Arkansas, USA
  		David Olen & Addie Sue (Riley) Cockrell David was the son of Earl Hix & Effie Ivera (Ray) Cockrell. Sue was the daughter of Radford Randolph & Edna Bell (Higginbotham) Riley.
  		David Olen & Addie Sue (Riley) Cockrell Back of their stone with the names of their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
  Person ID	I17967	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Radford Randolph Riley,   b. 18 Apr 1892, Berea, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA d. 31 Aug 1942, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Edna Bell Higginbotham,   b. 20 Apr 1900, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA d. 11 Dec 1933, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1917	Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA
  	Marriage license was purchased but minister or JP did not return and record the marriage at the clerk's office. Does not mean that the marriage was not legal if it was solemized. Arkansas. Ashley County. Marriage Book S-306N.
  Family ID	F6591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Olen Cockrell,   b. 9 Mar 1924, Greenhill, Drew Co, Arkansas, USA d. 29 Mar 2012, Monticello, Drew Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1950	Greenville, Washington Co, Mississippi, USA
  Children	1. Suzanne Cockrell,   b. 21 May 1952, Monticello, Drew Co, Arkansas, USA d. 27 Mar 2013, Russellville, Pope Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F6234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 May 2020

  
  

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  Birth - 23 Dec 1931 - Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Marriage - 15 Jun 1950 - Greenville, Washington Co, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth